Posts Tagged ‘Virtual Dementia Tour’

Virtual Dementia Tour – The Video

March 22nd, 2010

Virtual Dementia Tour
In 2009 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did a study and found that nearly 5.3 millions people suffer each year from Dementia. One of the greatest tools in fighting Dementia is understanding the effects. In this episode Nicole Wolfson Director of Community Relations for Sunrise Senior Living facilitates a tour to help individuals understand these effects of Dementia. When participants take the tour their sense of touch, vision and hearing is impaired and simulates the effects of dementia.

Watch the video right here on this player!

 

For more information, here are a few more links:
SecondWind.org
Living with Alzheimers

The Informed Eldercare Podcast is sponsored in part by Eldersource. It is produced by Bold City Media, the only company in Jacksonville Florida specializing in Podcasting!

Virtual Dementia Tour – Watch the preview!

February 17th, 2010

For many caregivers and professionals the biggest hurdle in Dementia care is understanding what it’s like to have it.  This brief preview video will give a few examples of those who took the Virtual Dementia Tour.  This tour is hosted by Nicole Wolfson Director of Community Relations with Sunrise Senior Living.  This tour was founded by P.K. Beville, M.S. with Second Wind Dreams.  The Virtual Dementia Tour provides awareness of the effects of Dementia, in hopes of becoming more caring, patient and understanding for those suffering from Dementia.

We will post the video in it’s entirety this month, so be on the look out for it!

Watch the video here!

 

The Informed Eldercare Podcast is produced by Bold City Media LLC the only company in Jacksonville, Florida specializing in podcasting.